The variety of individuals in England ready to start out routine hospital therapy has hit a file excessive.
An estimated 7.68 million individuals had been ready to start out therapy on the finish of July, up from 7.57 million in June.
It is the very best quantity since information started in August 2007 and marks the eighth consecutive month of will increase.
Figures additionally confirmed a complete of 389,952 individuals in England had been ready greater than a yr – and round 7,289 individuals greater than 18 months – to start out routine hospital therapy on the finish of July, the information confirmed.
This is up from 383,083 – and seven,177 – on the finish of June, respectively.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has made reducing ready lists certainly one of his priorities for 2023, pledging in January that “lists will fall and people will get the care they need more quickly”.
The authorities and NHS England set the ambition of eliminating all waits of greater than 18 months by April this yr, excluding exceptionally advanced instances or sufferers who select to attend longer – and all waits of greater than a yr by March 2025.
Around 263,696 pressing most cancers referrals had been made by GPs in England in July, up 1% on 261,006 in June and up 10% year-on-year from 239,739 in July 2022.
The proportion of most cancers sufferers who noticed a specialist inside two weeks of being referred fell from 80.5% in June to 77.5% in July – beneath the goal of 93%.
That is certainly one of a number of most cancers targets to be discontinued from October, as a part of an settlement by ministers and NHS England to streamline efficiency requirements.
There was some enchancment for most cancers ready occasions. In July, 37% of these beginning therapy obtained their pressing referral greater than two months prior, down from 41% in June and from 38% in July 2022.
That is down considerably from the worst-ever efficiency of 45% in January, although nonetheless considerably above pre-pandemic ranges (21% in August 2019).
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